Regan Grimes is not going to take part in this yr’s upcoming 2022 Mr. Olympia. On Sept. 15, 2022, the bodybuilder announced the choice during an episode of four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler’s podcast, the Cutler Forged. Grimes will shift his focus to 2023 in a mission to construct more mass.
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Grimes made the looks on Cutler’s podcast alongside his coach Miloš Šarčev. The pair outlined Grimes’ upcoming strength training plans, maintaining that Grimes’ recent goal is so as to add 15 kilos of muscle mass before returning to compete on the 2023 Olympia. Grimes finished in fifteenth place in each of the last two Mr. Olympia contests and would really like to enhance his results the following time he steps onto the Olympia stage. (Note: Šarčev also coaches Grimes’ fellow Men’s Open competitors Samson Dauda and Joe Mackey.)
“I would like to actually get in the highest five, and I don’t think, immediately, I’m just not there yet,” Grimes says. “So this yr, we’ve decided to take it off and proceed this rhythm of putting the tissue on, and we’ll hit a show next yr and go to Olympia.”
Grimes says he weighs 295 kilos within the clip, but after consultation with Šarčev with the competition roughly 4 months away — the 2 agreed that Grimes’ progress wasn’t where they wanted at this point within the lead-up process.
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Over the past few years, Grimes has been a consistent fixture within the competitive bodybuilding scene.
In accordance with NPC News Online, amongst other notable appearances apart from the last two Olympias, Grimes won the 2018 Recent York Pro as a Classic Physique competitor. He also took first place within the Men’s Open division on the 2020 Romania Muscle Fest Pro. With more time on his plate as a substitute of specializing in any pending contests, Grimes says stepping away from the Olympia will allow him more flexibility to enhance his physique for the long run.
Meanwhile, Šarčev was candid, saying he doesn’t imagine Grimes had the suitable size to beat established Men’s Open stars like Mamdouh “Big Ramy” Ellsbiay, Brandon Curry, Nick Walker, Hunter Labrada, and Hadi Choopan.
“It’s still a muscle contest — it doesn’t matter what we are saying,” Sarcev says. “Once you stand next to ‘Big Ramy,’ you’ve got to have size. And if he doesn’t have it, he can be outclassed.”
Cutler echoed the same sentiment about Big Ramy and any potential challengers.
“A month ago, I said okay, people may challenge [Big Ramy]. But now, I can’t see him losing being in the form he’s in.”
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Grimes earned an automatic qualification for the 2022 Mr. Olympia by winning the 2022 Cairo Pro. This past competitive yr also saw respective seventh-place results on the 2022 Arnold Classic and 2022 Boston Pro.
On the time of this writing, Grimes has not clarified when he would compete next as he resets his sights on the 2023 Olympia. In the following instance that Grimes is seen on a stage, his physique could look dramatically different.
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